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Senate Confirms Austerity Champion Congressman as Influential White House Staffer
The Senate approved of President Trump's chief budget and policy aide on Thursday.
Republicans Move to Expand Drug Testing for Unemployment Benefits
Congress is helping Gov. Scott Walker and others expand policies that punish poor people for drug use.
Climate-Change Denial Is a Hoax
Politicians who deny climate change likely champion policies that further entrench social and economic inequalities and undercut civil liberties.
Republicans Want to Let Fossil Fuel Companies Waste Taxpayers’ Natural Gas
The GOP is moving to axe rules designed to improve air quality and bring in millions of dollars in royalties.
“Standing Rock Is Everywhere Right Now”: A Conversation With Judith LeBlanc
Water Protectors have a strategy for spreading the Standing Rock struggle to other reservations and to Capitol Hill.
Republicans Introduce Bill to “Terminate the Environmental Protection Agency“
On Friday, Florida Republican Matt Gaetz introduced a bill with the aim of abolishing the EPA forever.
The Fight Over Seismic Testing for Atlantic Oil and Gas Will Continue Under Trump
The Obama administration denied all six pending permits to conduct seismic testing for oil and gas reserves in the Atlantic Ocean.
A House Rules Change You Didn’t Hear Much About — and Prosecutors Won’t Like
Few noticed a sentence that did make it into the package of House rules changes passed last Tuesday.
Without Warning or Public Input, House Republicans Vote to Dismantle Ethics Oversight Office
The measure will take away authority and independence from the investigative body and give more power to lawmakers over internal inquiries.
House Report Warns Congress Against Anti-Encryption Measures
Lawmakers are being urged to abandon plans to mandate backdoors to encrypted information.